CVE-2021-31839

Incorrect permissions on McAfee Agent for Windows event folder

State
Published
Severity
4.8 Medium
Published
Jun 10, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Apr 27, 2021

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Description

Improper privilege management vulnerability in McAfee Agent for Windows prior to 5.7.3 allows a local user to modify event information in the MA event folder. This allows a local user to either add false events or remove events from the event logs prior to them being sent to the ePO server.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.14.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Ltrellix

Weaknesses

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

ProductVersions
McAfee Agent for WindowsMcAfee,LLC
  • before 5.7.3Affected

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